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Nov 9, 2011 | 12:21 pm

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Originally Posted by farrish11

For what it's worth, Jose Abreu, the Director of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (he directs the operations at MIA), said at a luncheon today that the airport hasn't had discussions with AA about the 77W or 787 at MIA, and if the airport would see new routes as a result. He did say that the A321 would replace most 757 routes at the airport.

Does anyone know whether this is something that would typically be discussed between an airline and airport authorities?

It's no longer a question of if, but when AA/JL will start MIA-NRT. MIA is now AA 's second largest hub (and growing). While AA is cutting flights and eliminating jobs at ORD, they have ADDED flights and local employees at MIA. While I'm glad JL chose BOS as its first 787 destination it would be nice to see a MIA flight added soon.